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WILMINGTON, Ohio - The Wilmington College softball team opens its 2019 season with 10 games in its five-day spring trip to Florida that begins on Sunday, March 10 and concludes Thursday, March 14.

The Week: The Fightin' Quakers will play Martin Luther and Blackburn on Sunday, Nazareth and SUNY Canton on Monday, Kenyon and Curry on Tuesday, Lesley and Western Connecticut State on Wednesday and Knox and Rochester Institution of Technology on Thursday. The first game each day is scheduled to begin at 9 a.m. with game two to follow at 11 a.m.

The Coach: Beth Floyd will begin her 12th season as Wilmington's softball head coach. She is the winningest softball coach in school history and is also the College's associate director of athletics. Floyd has led the Quakers to seven double-digit win campaigns as well as the program's first winning season with a 20-16 record in 2013.

The Catchers:Jillia Cook and Abigail Shinkle return as catchers for Wilmington this year while Sarah Monnier comes in and will also compete for time. Cook finished last season with a .294 batting average to go along with a team-high 14 walks drawn.